Not sure if this was reported but the Port Authority posted pics about 6 days ago from April.

Yeah, they were posted here...

NYonward

May 22, 2007 12:14 AM

The June 2007 issue of Esquire has the 4th installment of "The Rebuilding" series, this one named "The Steel". Not much new or interesting except this:

"The Port Authority, a billion over budget and panting hard to find a private-sector partner with deep pockets, has quietly renamed the thing. Hello, One World Trade Center. Farewell, Freedom Tower."

Rise To The Top

May 22, 2007 1:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tonyo
(Post 2849174)

The June 2007 issue of Esquire has the 4th installment of "The Rebuilding" series, this one named "The Steel". Not much new or interesting except this:

"The Port Authority, a billion over budget and panting hard to find a private-sector partner with deep pockets, has quietly renamed the thing. Hello, One World Trade Center. Farewell, Freedom Tower."

One World Trade sounds cleaner. It makes the WTC seem more unified, rather 1 building having an exclusive name. I like it.

Realthang

May 22, 2007 2:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scruffy
(Post 2848292)

That is why those crane operators get the big big bucks. they know their stuff. The old ones were built the same way but with 4 cranes which i still hold out is the way this one will rise. very impressive stuff

Won't happen.. the cranes you see today are the only ones you'll see thru 2011

These pictures do not do it justice but standing by 1 Liberty Plaza looking towards GS, there were exactly 12 cranes of varying sizes and functions. It looked rather impressive

CoolCzech

May 22, 2007 3:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tonyo
(Post 2849174)

The June 2007 issue of Esquire has the 4th installment of "The Rebuilding" series, this one named "The Steel". Not much new or interesting except this:

"The Port Authority, a billion over budget and panting hard to find a private-sector partner with deep pockets, has quietly renamed the thing. Hello, One World Trade Center. Farewell, Freedom Tower."

Yeah, whatever :rolleyes:

The address was ALWAYS "1 WTC." This is the same sort of accurate journalism that consistently gives wrong floor counts, height figures, etc.

kznyc2k

May 22, 2007 4:54 AM

2007.. five and a half years later and we finally get a forest of cranes.

And that 7 WTC.. it may be just an unimaginative box (well, ok, a parallelogram) but it sure is a good looking box. ROI meets Brooks Brothers.

NYonward

May 22, 2007 7:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CoolCzech
(Post 2849634)

Yeah, whatever :rolleyes:

The address was ALWAYS "1 WTC." This is the same sort of accurate journalism that consistently gives wrong floor counts, height figures, etc.

They're not talking about the address, they're talking about the name of the building.

Daquan13

May 22, 2007 9:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tonyo
(Post 2849174)

The June 2007 issue of Esquire has the 4th installment of "The Rebuilding" series, this one named "The Steel". Not much new or interesting except this:

"The Port Authority, a billion over budget and panting hard to find a private-sector partner with deep pockets, has quietly renamed the thing. Hello, One World Trade Center. Farewell, Freedom Tower."

It's STILL named Freedom Tower, and will always be because of it's symbolic height of 1,776 feet.

You know, the Declaration of Independance for freedom, signed during that year on July 4.

NYguy

May 22, 2007 9:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tonyo
(Post 2849174)

The June 2007 issue of Esquire has the 4th installment of "The Rebuilding" series, this one named "The Steel". Not much new or interesting except this:

"The Port Authority, a billion over budget and panting hard to find a private-sector partner with deep pockets, has quietly renamed the thing. Hello, One World Trade Center. Farewell, Freedom Tower."

Don't believe the hype. This building has always been One World Trade Center. It's still the Freedom Tower, yes, in name. Even the other WTC towers won't be called what they really are (Freedom being WTC tower 1, Fosters being WTC tower 2, etc.)

Rise To The Top

May 22, 2007 9:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Daquan13
(Post 2851163)

It's STILL named Freedom Tower, and will always be because of it's symbolic height of 1,776 feet.

You know, the Declaration of Independance for freedom, signed during that year on July 4.

REALLY? NO WAY!!!! I prefer 1. All of buildings are equally brilliant. 1 should'nt stand outand become more popular just because it has an antenna that makes it taller and to the fact that it is the "Freedom Tower".

Benson Industries of Portland, Oregon, who was recently awarded the curtain wall contract for the World Trade Center Tower One, has named Viracon, Inc. of Owatonna, Minnesota as their glass supplier for the project. The World Trade Center Tower One, also known as the Freedom Tower, is being developed by the Port Authority of New York/New Jersey and will be constructed on the site of the World Trade Center buildings destroyed by terrorists in 2001.

At 1,776 feet tall, a tribute to our country's freedom with the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, the Freedom Tower will be the tallest building in North America when complete.

NYguy

May 22, 2007 9:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MLG Allstar
(Post 2851252)

REALLY? NO WAY!!!! I prefer 1. All of buildings are equally brilliant. 1 should'nt stand outand become more popular just because it has an antenna that makes it taller and to the fact that it is the "Freedom Tower".

A public observation deck on the 102nd floor, a skyline restaurant on the
100th and 101st floors and an antenna mast rising to an iconic height of 1,776 feet. All floors will be served by elevators. The Skylobby on the 64th floor serves as a dramatic entrance for the office floors above. A loading dock with five bays will be accessible from Washington Street.

REALLY? NO WAY!!!! I prefer 1. All of buildings are equally brilliant. 1 should'nt stand outand become more popular just because it has an antenna that makes it taller and to the fact that it is the "Freedom Tower".